MODERN SANTA FUN FOLD

I'm excited to share today's card with you, and I look forward to hearing what you think about it.

The style of this card is a little less traditional, but I love how it turned out.  There is a lot of Christmas gold which leans right into my taste of Christmas decor.  Even Santa is all decked out in his gold Christmas Suit!

His suit was made using the paper piecing technique.  I first stamped him on Basic White and then again on Brushed Gold Foil.  Just be sure to use Stazon or some permanent ink when you stamp on foil because otherwise it wants to smudge.   To create his suit, fussy cut just the sections you want from the foil and adhere it to the Basic White stamped image.  Fortunately this Festive Santa has a coordinating die so I die cut him before I dressed him up in his fancy suit!

On Monday on indicated that the fun fold that I cased was based on a card I received from a fellow demonstrator.  I also received this fun fold from another fellow demonstrator.  When you have a sample in hand, it sure makes it easier to figure out how to make it!

But this fun fold definitely needs a few extra photos to get the full impact of the awesome card.

Here the card is shown fully open so you can see how each panel is decorated.  Obviously, you could decorate them differently than I did (mine is very different from the one I received), but that's part of the fun.

I know all the cuts & folds look a little complicated -- which is what I thought when I received it, but actually it was so much simpler than it looked.  There are no strange dimensions!  I even "messed up" my horizontal cuts for the pop-out section, but it still turned out great.  In fact, in one way it actually worked out better as the largest Stylish Shapes Die now worked perfectly to cut the Gold Foil mat behind Santa.  

Because I had miscut I had to adjust the size of the DSP & gold mats above and below Santa a bit, but it worked out great.  In fact, I may experiment with making the pop-out section (where Santa is) in different sizes depending on the image I want to put on the pop-out.  I would just recommend that you do not cut your mats until you have your horizontal cuts done.

Above you can see the card all closed up and below is a close-up of Santa.

I think he likes his fancy gold suit!

The trees behind Santa were fussy cut from the same Modern Christmas Designer Series Paper that you see on the far right section of the card.

I didn't want to write my message on the pretty forest of trees, so I decided to add a message layer on the back of the card.

If you would like to make this fun fold, use this link to download a tutorial.  The tutorial includes a diagram with all the cutting and scoring dimensions and step by step directions.

Again, I don't know the name of the fun fold so I'm calling it a Quadruple-Double Fun Fold!

A list of the products I used is shown below.  Click on any image to learn more about that product or to make a purchase.

Product List

Festive Friends Bundle (English) [166039]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Brushed Silver And Gold Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [164861]	Modern Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [165990]	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893]	Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161675]	Blooming Pearls [162238]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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